Academic article

• Müller, Malte; Rabault, Jean; Geeter, Chiara de et al. (2025). Svalbard Marginal Ice Zone 2024: A distributed network of temperature, waves, and sea ice drift observations. (external link)
• Frank, Lukas; Albretsen, Jon; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2025). Mechanisms of warm-water intrusions onto the West Spitsbergen Shelf during winter. (external link)
• Hart-Davis, M.G.; Howard, S.L.; Ray, R.D. et al. (2024). ArcTiCA: Arctic tidal constituents atlas. (external link)
• Mohamed, Bayoumy; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid (2022). Marine heatwaves characteristics in the Barents Sea based on high resolution satellite data (1982–2020). (external link)
• Mohamed, Bayoumy; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid (2022). Interannual and Decadal Variability of Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Concentration in the Barents Sea. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank; Ersdal, Eli Anne; Skogseth, Ragnheid (2021). Wind-Driven Variability in the Spitsbergen Polar Current and the Svalbard Branch Across the Yermak Plateau. (external link)
• Fossum, Trygve Olav; Norgren, Petter; Fer, Ilker et al. (2021). Adaptive Sampling of Surface Fronts in the Arctic Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. (external link)
• Falck, Eva; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid (2021). Polynjaer: Åpne vinduer i det isdekte polhavet. (external link)
• Kolås, Eivind; Koenig, Zoé Charlotte; Fer, Ilker et al. (2020). Structure and transport of Atlantic Water north of Svalbard from observations in summer and fall 2018. (external link)
• Skogseth, R; Olivier, L.L.A.; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2020). Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic. (external link)
• Bensi, Manuel; Kovačević, Vedrana; Langone, Leonardo et al. (2019). Deep Flow Variability Offshore South-West Svalbard (Fram Strait). (external link)
• Morison, James; Wilkinson, Jeremy; Alkire, Matthew B. et al. (2018). The north pole region as an indicator of the changing arctic ocean: The need for sustaining observations. (external link)
• Fraser, Neil J; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2018). Circulation and exchange in a broad Arctic fjord using glider-based observations. (external link)
• Sundfjord, Arild; Albretsen, Jon; Kasajima, Yoshie et al. (2017). Effects of glacier runoff and wind on surface layer dynamics and Atlantic Water exchange in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard; a model study. (external link)
• Muckenhuber, Stefan; Nilsen, Frank; Korosov, Anton et al. (2016). Sea ice cover in Isfjorden and Hornsund, Svalbard (2000–2014) from remote sensing data. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Vaardal-Lunde, Juni et al. (2016). A simple shelf circulation model: Intrusion of Atlantic water on the West Spitsbergen Shelf. (external link)
• Alkire, Matthew B.; Nilsen, Frank; Falck, Eva et al. (2015). Tracing sources of freshwater contributions to first-year sea ice in Svalbard fjords. (external link)
• Inall, Mark E.; Nilsen, Frank; Cottier, Finlo Robert et al. (2015). Shelf/fjord exchange driven by coastal-trapped waves in the Arctic. (external link)
• Luckman, Adrian; Benn, Doug; Cottier, Finlo et al. (2015). Calving rates at tidewater glaciers vary strongly with ocean temperature. (external link)
• Onarheim, Ingrid Husøy; Smedsrud, Lars H.; Ingvaldsen, Randi et al. (2014). Loss of sea ice during winter north of Svalbard. (external link)
• Pavlov, Alexey K.; Tverberg, Vigdis; Ivanov, Boris et al. (2013). Warming of Atlantic Water in two west Spitsbergen fjords over the last century (1912-2009). (external link)
• Skogseth, Ragnheid; McPhee, Miles G.; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2013). Creation and tidal advection of a cold salinity front in Storfjorden: 1. Polynya dynamics. (external link)
• McPhee, Miles G.; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2013). Creation and tidal advection of a cold salinity front in Storfjorden: 2. Supercooling induced by turbulent mixing of cold water. (external link)
• Teigen, Sigurd Henrik; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2011). Baroclinic instability in the West Spitsbergen Current. (external link)
• Hendricks, Stefan; Gerland, Sebastian; Smedsrud, Lars Henrik et al. (2011). Sea-ice thickness variability in Storfjorden, Svalbard. (external link)
• Glover, Kevin Alan; Stølen, Åsta Bergmann; Messmer, Amber et al. (2011). Population genetic structure of the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus salmonis throughout the Atlantic. (external link)
• Teigen, Sigurd Henrik; Nilsen, Frank; Gjevik, Bjørn (2010). Barotropic instability in the West Spitsbergen Current. (external link)
• Cottier, Finlo R.; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2010). Arctic fjords: a review of the oceanographic environment and dominant physical processes. (external link)
• Skogseth, Ragnheid; Nilsen, Frank; Smedsrud, LH (2009). Supercooled water in an Arctic polynya: observations and modeling. (external link)
• Moen, T; Hayes, B; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2008). Identification and characterisation of novel SNP markers in Atlantic cod: Evidence for directional selection. (external link)
• McPhee, MG; Morison, JH; Nilsen, Frank (2008). Revisiting heat and salt exchange at the ice-ocean interface: Ocean flux and modeling considerations. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank; Cottier, F.R.; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2008). Fjord-shelf exchanges controlled by ice and brine production: The interannual variation of Atlantic Water in Isfjorden, Svalbard. (external link)
• Skogseth, Ragnheid; Smedsrud, LH; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2008). Observations of hydrography and downflow of brine-enriched shelf water in the Storfjorden polynya, Svalbard. (external link)
• Slubowska-Woldengen, Marta; Slubowska, Martha; Rasmussen, T.L. et al. (2007). Advection of Atlantic Water to the western and northern Svalbard shelf since 17,500 cal yr BP. (external link)
• Nilsen, JEO; Nilsen, Frank (2007). The Atlantic Water flow along the Voring Plateau: Detecting frontal structures in oceanic station time series. (external link)
• Cottier, Finlo R.; Nilsen, Frank; Inall, M.E. et al. (2007). Wintertime warming of an Arctic shelf in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation. (external link)
• Berge, Jørgen; Johnsen, Geir; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2005). Ocean temperature oscillations enable reappearance of blue mussels Mytilus edulis in Svalbard after 1000 year absence. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Williams-Kerslake, Marianne; Langehaug, Helene Reinertsen; Samuelsen, Annette et al. (2025). Characterising Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) around the Svalbard Archipelago. (external link)
• Lundesgaard, Øyvind; Sundfjord, Arild; Lind, Sigrid et al. (2022). Complex air-ice-sea interplay in a dynamic, rapidly changing Arctic shelf sea: results from multiyear ocean observations from the northern Barents Sea. (external link)
• Mabrouk, Bayoumy Mohamed A.; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid (2021). Climatic trends of sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration in the Barents Sea. (external link)
• Kolås, Eivind Hugaas; Kalhagen, Kjersti; Koenig, Zoe Charlotte et al. (2021). Warm core mesoscale eddies along the boundary current and in the Sofia Deep north of Svalbard. (external link)
• Koenig, Zoe Charlotte; Kalhagen, Kjersti; Kolås, Eivind Hugaas et al. (2021). Atlantic Water properties, transport, and water mass transformation north of Svalbard from one-year-long mooring observations. (external link)
• Søreide, Janne; Pitusi, Vanessa; Vader, Anna et al. (2021). Environmental status of Svalbard coastscapes and  focal ecosystem components. (external link)
• Marnela, Marika; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2020). Atlantic water north of Svalbard 1899-2018. (external link)
• Kolås, Eivind; Koenig, Zoé Charlotte; Fer, Ilker et al. (2020). Structure and transport of Atlantic water north of Svalbard from observations in summer and fall 2018. (external link)
• Kalhagen, Kjersti; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2020). Topographically trapped waves along the continental slope north of Svalbard. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank (2019). Arven etter Nansen. (external link)
• Marnela, Marika; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid (2019). Characteristics and trends of Atlantic Water - Polar Water front north of Svalbard 1905-2018. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Denkmann, Rudolf; Aas, Wenche; Pedersen, Åshild Ønvik et al. (2025). Towards an integrated data-driven infrastructure (InfraNor). (external link)
• Bensi, Manuel; Nilsen, Frank; Ferré, Benedicte et al. (2025). The Atlantification process in Svalbard: a broad view from the SIOS Marine Infrastructure network (ARiS). (external link)
• Tverberg, Vigdis; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Cottier, Finlo Robert et al. (2019). The Kongsfjorden transect: seasonal and inter-annual variability in hydrography. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank; Sandven, Stein; Gerland, Sebastian (2013). Sjøisens utvikling. (external link)
• Brandon, M.A.; Cottier, F.R.; Nilsen, Frank (2010). Sea Ice and Oceonography. (external link)

Report

• Kalhagen, Kjersti; Fer, Ilker; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2024). Physical Oceanography Data from a Mooring on Spitsbergenbanken in the north-western Barents Sea, September 2018 – November 2019. [Dataset]. (external link)
• Fer, Ilker; Nilsen, Frank; Baumann, Till Martin et al. (2023). Ocean hydrography and current profiles from the Nansen Legacy Winter Process Cruise to the northern Barents Sea, KH2021702, February 2021 [Dataset]. (external link)
• Chapron, Bertrand; Cancet, Mathilde; Collard, Fabrice et al. (2023). D-150 Arktalas Hoavva Science Workshop Report. (external link)
• Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Ahlstrøm, Andreas; Pirazzini, Roberta et al. (2022). Deliverable 3.16 Synthesis and technical recommendations. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank; Fer, Ilker; Baumann, Till Martin et al. (2021). PC-2 Winter Process Cruise (WPC). (external link)
• Johannessen, Truls; Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Roden, Nicholas Patrick et al. (2021). Deliverable 3.11 Final implementation and data: North of Svalbard. (external link)
• Fer, Ilker; Nilsen, Frank; Falck, Eva et al. (2020). Ocean Mixing Process Study 2018: Cruise Report. (external link)
• Fer, Ilker; Nilsen, Frank; Bosse, Anthony et al. (2020). Physical Process Cruise 2018: Cruise Report. (external link)
• Fer, Ilker; Koenig, Zoé Charlotte; Bosse, Anthony et al. (2020). Physical oceanography data from the cruise KB 2018616 with R.V. Kristine Bonnevie. (external link)
• Fer, Ilker; Koenig, Zoe Charlotte; Kolås, Eivind Hugaas et al. (2019). Physical oceanography data from the cruise KH 2018709 with R.V. Kronprins Haakon, 12-24 September 2018. (external link)
• Johannessen, Truls; Roden, Nicholas Patrick; Olsen, Are et al. (2019). Deliverable 3.7 First implementation and data: North of Svalbard. (external link)
• Sandven, Stein; Zygmuntowska, Marta; Khvorostovsky, Kirill et al. (2015). Cryosat postlaunch validation study for sea ice 2011-2012 PRODEX Final Report. (external link)
• Sandven, Stein; Kloster, Kjell; Zygmuntowska, Marta et al. (2015). CryoSat post-launch validation study for sea ice 2011-2012. Final report. (external link)

Poster

• Vikanes, Stian; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid (2024). Temporal and spatial variability of the oceanic front between the Atlantic Water and adjacent water masses north of Svalbard. (external link)
• Fer, Ilker; Nilsen, Frank; Lundesgaard, Øyvind (2023). Warm subsurface waters in Hartogbukta can contribute to ice loss from Austfonna. (external link)
• Mohamed, Bayoumy; Nilsen, Frank; Skogseth, Ragnheid et al. (2023). Recent Sea Level Changes in the Barents Sea: Atmospheric, Thermosteric, and Halosteric Contributions. (external link)
• Reigstad, Marit; Gerland, Sebastian; Eldevik, Tor et al. (2023). The Nansen Legacy project invites you to its upcoming international symposium in November 2023. (external link)
• Kolås, Eivind Hugaas; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Baumann, Till Martin et al. (2023). The western Barents Sea circulation and hydrography: past and present. (external link)
• Mohamed, Bayoumy; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Nilsen, Frank (2022). Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) in the Barents Sea: Case Study the 2016 Record MHW. (external link)
• Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Sagen, Hanne; Voss, Peter et al. (2020). HE34A-1990 Enhancement of ocean and sea ice insitu observations in the Arctic under the Horizon 2020 project INTAROS.. (external link)
• Koenig, Zoé Charlotte; Kolås, Eivind; Fer, Ilker et al. (2020). Turbulence north of Svalbard in summer 2018: mixed layer evolution and Atlantic Water layer dynamics. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Kolås, Eivind Hugaas; Fer, Ilker; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2024). Atlantic water inflow into the Arctic Ocean: studies of pathways, transport and mixing processes using observations from ships and autonomous underwater vehicles. (external link)
• Muckenhuber, Stefan; Sandven, Stein; Nilsen, Frank (2017). High resolution sea ice monitoring using space borne Synthetic Aperture Radar. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Gerland, Sebastian; Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær; Reigstad, Marit et al. (2023). Still Arctic? — The changing Barents Sea. (external link)
• Mauritzen, Cecilie; Hansen, Edmond; Andersson, Maria Helena et al. (2011). Closing the loop - Approaches to monitoring the state of the Arctic Mediterranean during the International Polar Year 2007-2008. (external link)

Other

• Nilsen, Frank; Rossi, Maria Philippa; Hjelle, Simen Salomonsen (2022). The ColdCast: Frank Nilsen - Oceanography. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank (2021). When sea ice melted despite the bitter cold / Da sjøis smeltet i frysende kulde — Artica Svalbard. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank (2021). Den perfekte front. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank (2021). Vintermørkets hemmeligheter. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank; Jensen, Eva Toppe (2021). Winter darkness: Revealing the secrets of the sea - UNIS. (external link)
• Nilsen, Frank (2018). Jakten på havstrømmene. (external link)

Lecture

• Nilsen, Frank (2020). The Nansen Legacy project. (external link)

Chapter

• Cottier, Finlo; Steele, Michael; Nilsen, Frank (2017). Sea ice and Arctic Ocean oceanography. (external link)

Editorial

• Berge, Jørgen; Johnsen, Geir; Nilsen, Frank et al. (2006). The Mytilus edulis population in Svalbard: how and why. (external link)

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